Darly Morey We're not necessarily using the 2026 HOU first-round pick in the draft It could be used for moves around the draft This just gives us more tools to make the moves that we think will help our future more than we saw--Jared who we gave up

SiriusXM Owczarski If they want a 26 draft pick it has to be agreed to by Tuesday night but honestly if theyre looking at whats on the table and say you know what these picks in 26 that we could get nah Were gonna look to 27 or 28 in the future if thats the case this could drag on

Josh Hart references the Mikal Bridges trade that sent out four unprotected first-round picks and two first-round picks swaps Forget them picks

Josh Kroenke reaction to the Denver Nuggets trading the 26th pick

Adam Silver Messes Up 22nd Draft Pick Announcement The Philadelphia 70 Selectors

ALLCITY Marc Stein When it comes to Miami we know the bulk of the players on the table for Giannis Its Herro its Ware its Jaquez its the 13th pick Theres other unspecified draft considerations we havent confirmed that would presumably be in the deal Maybe more players

Vecenie during his live draft show The Knicks did trade 24 for 25 straight up The Lakers just move up one spot for free Charania said the Knicks are trying to trade 25 as well So I think they probably ran out of time and said to the Lakers 'Do you guys want to go We'll let you move up'